Closet-tank flush-lever.



G. SAM..

CLOSET TANK FLUSH LEVER.

APPLICATION FILED MAYaI. I9I1.

' Patented Deo. 1l, 1917.

@AIS GEORGE A. SAIJ, 0F YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.l

To all tti/1,0112 it may rom-ern.'

lie it known lha( i'. GEORGE A, Saai., a

`citizen ol' the lniuel States. residingr at Youngstown, in the county otl Mahoning and, Slate ot' Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Iniproveinei'ils 4in Closet-Tank wFlush-Levers; and' I'do hereb)1 declare the following to be a fulhc'lear; and eX-aet deseriijition of the inventii'n, such as willenahle others skilled in the art lo which it ap* pertains to nialie'and use th'e saine.

This invention relates to iinproven'ients in a closet tank flush lever and more particularly to means for unseating the flush valve, and haS for one ot its objects the l'irovisioi'i of a device ot this characterywhich will rock the lever upon its pivot to unseat the 'valve and which willvperi'nit the valve to return to a seated position without the binding ot the parts that is frequent in devices now in use.

Another object of this invention is to provide means, which will permit the opel ating means t0 be rotated in a complete revolntion when desired, and'wliich is so constructed that a one-quarter turn will be suiicient to unseat the valve.

A. further object of this invention is the provision of a traininel wheel operatively7 connected to the lever whereby upon rotat- Vtain novell features of construction, coinbination and arrangement of parts as will he hereinafter' claimed.

For a complete understanding of my inmore fully described and vention, 'reference is to be had to the fol- 1 lowing description and accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view 0f a` cLosETTANK FLUSH-LEVER,

,stecifwatimi t Len-@rb raient. Patented Dee. ,11, 1917.

Application filed May 31. 19,17. Serial No. 172,022.

Fig t is a pl an view of the handle,

`Fig. 5 is a plan view of the trainmel wheel'.

[interi-iin;l in detail to'the drawing', Athe numeral 1 indicates a flushtank having-isefin-ed to its bottom wall in theV usual manner. the outlet pipe The outlet pipe Qi'lias` foi-ined upon its upper end within'the Hush' tank l., a valve seat 3, for receiving a float valve l ol' the ordinary construction having the stein' 5.f The stein being slidably 'mounted Awithin the guide (i carried` by a `enide rod 7 secured vertically within the 'Hush tank 1. The atoredescrihed construction relates to a wel] known construction of tlush tank and lo which inv invention 1S`applied.

which is pivoted a valve operating lever l1,

as illustrated at 1Q. The .tree end of the lever 11 has pivotally secured thereto` a link 13, which is in turn pivot ed to the stein of the valve 4 as shown at. 14. A. substantially Ushapid hanger l5 is formed upon the plate 10 and slidably receives the operating lever `l1 as shown in Fig. 1.

A rod 11i is inserted through an aperture in the plate 10 and the supporting inember S and has Secured to its outermost end. a handle 17 b v fastener 1S. A traininel wheel 19 is forium upon the inner end of the rod 1G and supports a roller 9.0, which is journaled to an arni 21. lower end lbifureated and pivoted to the lever 1 1 as shown at Q2. whereby upon rotating the rod v16 by the handle 17, the trammel wheel 19 will rock the lever 1.1 upon its pivot` 1Q and unseat the valve 1. permitting 4'the water wit-hin the tinsh tank 1 to pass outvvardl)7 through the outlet pipe 2. It will therefore be seen that a device has been provided. for rockingthe lever 11, which ma)7 be turned a complete revolutionwhen desired and also will unseat the valve 4 by turning the rod one-quarter of a turn. lt Will also be noted that a.. device constructed in accordance with the aboverdescribed construction- Wll operate under all circumstances and obvia-te binding of the various parts, which are frequent Within devices now upon the market.

The arm 21 has itsr While I have shownfhd described the preferred embodiment' fllmy inventlon, '1t will be understood that minor changes 1n construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1-. A device of the character set forth comprising a late, a lever pivoted to said plate, means or connecting said lever to a valve, and a trammel wheel o erutively connected with the lever for roc ing said lever upon its pivot to unseat the valve.

2. A device of the character set forth comprising a plate, a lever pivoted tosaid plate, means for connecting said lever to a valve, an operating rod carried by said plate, and a trammel wheel carried by the operating rod and operatively connected with the lever to rock it upon its pivot to unseat the valve.

3. A device of the character set forth comprising a cylindrical supporting member a. late carried b said member a lever i s y i pivote to said plate, means for connecting the lever to a valve, an operating rod journaled in the supporting member, a trannncl wheel formed onsaid operating rod, a roller carried by said trammel wheel, means for connecting the roller to the lever to rock said lever upon its pivot tc unseat the vulve.

4. A device of the character set forth comprising a cylindrical supporting),r member, a plate carried by said'member, n lever pivoted to' said plate, means for connecting said lever to a valve, a guide formed on said platefor slidably receiving said lever, an operating rod journaled in the supporting member, a trammel wheel formedupon said operating rod and operatively connected with the lever to rock said lever upon its pivot to unseat the valve.

In testimony whereof l afiix my signature in presence` of two witnesses.

GEORGE A. SA All. Witnesses H. A. ERNST, BETSY M. ERNST. 

